Geography 3225
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Geography 3225Geography 3225
Industrial Location and Industrial Location and Globalization of EnterpriseGlobalization of Enterprise
Industrial Location and Globalization of Enterprise
Review Explore course web page Field trip
Pratt and Whitney, Black Velvet Distillers, Lethbridge Iron Works, & Medium-sized business
Modern Times Parse the Course Title Geo-Economy
Modern TimesModern Times Modern Times is a 1936 Charlie Chaplin classic.
Final Examination Question (one of several):
Using terms, concepts and theories developed during the course, discuss the relevance (or irrelevance) of Modern Times to an understanding of contemporary trends in the industrial landscape.
Themes and Issues in Modern Times
1. "Time" and our synchronized age 2. Division of Labour 3. Assembly Line/Mass Production 4. Surveillance of the work place 5. Intensifying the use labour/speed-up 6. Occupational hazards/repetitive
stress injuries 7. Technological change
Industrial Latin: industria - diligent activity directed to
some purpose
Industry = manufacturing but "mining industry", "tourism industry"
Industry ≈ sector Industry ≠ plant or establishment Industrialization - measurable process
growth in mfg. labour force as percent of total growth in mfg. value added as percent of total
GDP (Σ VA)
Location (Key concept of Location (Key concept of geography)geography)
Location and Place Location Theory
neo-classical location theory-classical economics
assumptions, equilibrium, normative theories Industrial Location Theory
Behavioural approach - decision-making Political economy approach - radical
theory - structuralism, Marx
Globalization “increasing interconnectedness of different
parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change” (Knox and Marston)
International trade/EU/Euro Global warming Cultural diffusion
Coca Cola Penetration of English Homogeneous landscapes/lifestyles/diets/popular
culture Processes reshaping the global economic map
Enterprise a factor of production enterprise ≈ entrepreneurialism a firm, a social institution designed to
make profits Enterprise becomes globalized
Trade Licensing, strategic alliances, contracts FDI
Enabled by technological change and the State
International International Division of Division of
LabourLabour ‘‘Pre-global’ international division of Pre-global’ international division of
labourlabour CoreCore PeripheryPeriphery E.g. Verdant Works of DundeeE.g. Verdant Works of Dundee
Jute employed 50,000 at peak in DundeeJute employed 50,000 at peak in Dundee
New International Division of New International Division of LabourLabour
Fragmentation of manufacturing Fragmentation of manufacturing productionproduction
Newly industrialized countriesNewly industrialized countries New Economy = information New Economy = information
economyeconomy New global financial systemNew global financial system
GlobalizationGlobalization DebateDebate HyperglobalistsHyperglobalists
OhmaeOhmae ScepticsSceptics
World economy was more open 1870-World economy was more open 1870-19141914
Trade flowsTrade flows MigrationMigration